Category Archives: Tax Fraud

More Tax Fraud

There’s lots of fraud to report this week. Here are some more of the lowlights. First, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report noting that over $1.6 billion in false refunds were estimated to have been … Continue reading

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Tax Fraud: The Food Edition

There was so much tax fraud reported this week that I’m writing two posts on it. Here I’m going to take a look at two frauds from restaurants and one from farming. Let’s start in Freeport, Long Island, New York. … Continue reading

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Six Years of Tax Fraud ($40 Million Worth) Gets Nine Years at ClubFed

Alan Fabian seemed to have everything. He was an entrepreneur, a political fundraiser, had numerous “successful businesses”—in short, he appeared to have everything. But it was a fraud. Actually, multiple frauds. Mr. Fabian may have, at one time, actually been … Continue reading

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Not Much to Look Forward to When He’s 92

Irwin Schiff has about twelve more years left on his sentence. He’s 79, so the chance of him promoting his illegal tax reduction schemes was slight. It’s now zero. From Las Vegas comes the news that a federal court has … Continue reading

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Too Much Fraud

I counted over thirty interesting tax evasion stories from the last few days. There’s no way I’m going to put them all in a post so here are the highlights. First, let’s head to Gallatin County, Montana. Ruth Amande knew … Continue reading

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Survivor: Morgantown Renewed for 12 Months

Richard Hatch, the Survivor winner who was convicted of tax evasion, won’t be leaving the Morgantown, West Virginia Federal Correctional Institution anytime soon. The US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal today. Mr. Hatch had charged that the trial … Continue reading

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He Should Have Known Better

My thanks to Joe Kristan for highlighting an interesting and amusing (to me) Tax Court case today: Baisden v. Commissioner. Mr. Baisden is a CPA, and he had a unique way of preparing tax returns: In an effort to explain … Continue reading

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More Fraud

An interesting week for tax fraud. There’s a typical case out of the San Joaquin Valley, a jailed promoter who may have to spend even longer at ClubFed, and an attorney who admitted that he lied under oath to the … Continue reading

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Some Fraud from the Weekend

There was quite a bit of tax fraud at week’s end. Indeed, I had to liberally weed out the stories so the ones below are the cream of the crop, so to speak. First, we have another alleged Bozo tax … Continue reading

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Not A Good Week for Tax Protesters

This past week wasn’t a good one for tax protesters. Irwin Schiff, who is 80-years old, is spending 13 years at ClubFed in Terre Haute, Indiana. Well, make that 13 years and 11 months—those additional 11 months a result of … Continue reading

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